Possible Shot List

• Wide Shot - show how lonely the characters are feeling.
• Close-Up/ Extreme Close-Up - make the audience really connect with the way the characters are feeling.
• Medium Shot - show the character's body language.
• Establishing Shot - show the audience the location.
• Over The Shoulder Shot - create a sense of realism for the audience as it would feel like they were there.

Costume

Female Character Costume

For the scene whereby the girl character is in the bedroom, we have decided to put her in lounge wear. We thought that it would be good to demonstrate the way she feels; she is sad and overwhelmed with everything so does not care about much else. Therefore her being in very casual clothing demonstrates the lack of effect she is putting into her appearance. It is fairly unconventional for girls to be represented in this way. Usually, they are shown very done up, especially in music videos where the artist is a male and the girl is the subject of the song. It is usually to make them appear as attractive to the audience. The clothing is also mainly black with bits of white. This is due to the fact that both these two colours will represent her feelings and her character. The white shows that she is an innocent and pure character, making the audience feel much more sympathy towards her. Black being a dark colour, will straight away give the impression that she is sad, as people associate sadness and darkness together. 

During the scene in London, we are still going to follow the idea of her hardly making an effort with her appearance. This time she will be wearing a navy coat and some light blue jeans. The mixture of the dark and the light colours will again highlight that she is innocent and also show that she is sad. The blue will also make the audience associate her with sadness. 

Male Character

The male character will be wearing all dark colours in the music video. This is for multiple reasons. The first being that we still want the audience to see that he is sad and down. We also did not want him to have any innocence, it makes it clear that he is technically the antagonist in this narrative as he is what caused the hurt and upset. Another reason for the dark costume is the fact that due to the strength and boldness of the colour, it helps to immitate power. It shows that he has power over the girl but also power over the audience. It is common for producers to ensure that the video gives the artist a 'star image'. Showing that he is powerful will help to do so, as it is hard to make the audience feel any sympathy for him considering what the song is about. 

What Is Left To Do?

• We need to download the song. We could not do that today due to the lack of access to music sites within school. 
• Film the last two scenes of the music video.
• Draw up a neat copy of the storyboard.
• Upload the rough draft and the lip syncing to Youtube, so that we can put them on our blogs
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Behind The Scenes: Production

Whilst we were filming, we decided to bring along another camera, to give the audience a chance to see behind the scenes. 

31.10.16 Editing

Today, we began to edit our music video and our production video. 

Firstly, we experienced some problems with uploading the footage for the production video. Every time we inserting the USB from the camera into the computer, it would crash. It meant that we could not do any editing for the production video.

Luckily, the computer was fine when we uploaded the actual footage for the music video. However, the camera did have to be charged before we could have access to the footage. Therefore, we wasted some precious editing time whereby we were waiting for the battery to charge.

Overall, although we did not get as much done as we were planning, we felt that today has really helped us with regards to what is left to complete. We have a clear picture of what needs to be done next and we will make sure that we get it done as quick as possible.

Rough Draft Evaluation

We have uploaded all the footage that we filmed in the past week. Today we put the different shots into the sequence that we wanted them to appear in. 

We felt that this was the best thing to start in, due to the fact that we did not have all the scenes filmed. Therefore, it will give us more of a feel as to what we were missing and the amount of footage we had. 

Unfortunately, we could not do much in terms of actually editing the footage. This is as a result of us not completing all the filming. We are going to complete our filming next week. We know exactly what we need in order to fill in all the gaps. For example, we realise that we need to film more moments involving Sam lip syncing.

Making the rough draft has really helped to show us what is missing and what looks really good. It has also allowed us to develop our ideas. 

Rough Draft

This is a rough idea of the order in which each scene will appear in the music video. We have not yet edited any sound. Therefore any dialogue or background noise and the music playing in this footage will not be in the completed version!

Lip Syncing

Before we started filming, we thought it would be a good idea for Sam to practice lip syncing. We actually felt that the shot was really good therefore we decided to use it in the real video! 

Sam was much better at staying in character this time and there was a lot more expression in comparison to the audition.

Shooting Schedule

2nd Day Of Filming (26.10.16)

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Today we completed our second day of filming. We went up to Reigate Hill and filmed in the woods. Originally, our plan was to film everything for the female character that I am playing, however once getting there we felt that it would be a better setting for the scenes whereby the artist is lip syncing. 

We were really pleased with the way our different ideas looked on the camera. The setting made everything look very good. There were lots of points where the view was really pretty and the trees created really pretty scenery. We decided to go up there fairly early, so that we could capture the more dull and foggy weather to help emphasise the melancholy atmosphere.

Overall, we were very pleased with all the footage we took today. We are excited to get back to school and begin editing the whole music video. 

First Day Of Filming 21.10.16

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Today we began filming for the music video. We left school early to get as much done as possible as we all had other commitments later on in the afternoon. 

Unluckily, we could not film everything that we wanted to do. This was due to the fact that the camera ran out of battery and we did not have the charger. Unfortunately, the group the previously used the camera misplaced the charger for our camera. It was in another camera's case, which we had to get off another group. Due to the lack of time that we had, it meant that we had to stop filming early and will have to continue another day. 

We filmed a few moments backstage.

Analysis of 'Good Ones Go' Lyrics

Editing The Auditions

This is the first time we have used the editing software since we used it for our AS coursework. Therefore, we all had forgotten how to do certain things. It was good that we had the chance to refresh our memories before editing the music video, due to the fact that now we remember the basics. Therefore we can experiment with the more advanced software.


We begun by reviewing all the footage and taking out all the parts that were not needed. We cut out all the parts where the actors were laughing and were not focused. We then put them in the order that we wanted them to appear. We put a fade transition between the different clips. We also made it clear which actor was on screen at the time by layering text which included their names.


We also started experimenting with the different filters. We wanted to make the auditions look a bit more like a home video, so we used the viewfinder filter in order to get this effect.


Lastly, we decided to show all the different problems we had during the auditions, therefore we included some clips at the end of the different things we had to tackle. Such as, the actors laughing and background noise.


We did also have some problems while editing. The main one being the sound. It was very hard to hear the song in the footage, due to the fact that there was a lot of background noise. We have had insert the actual song over the top of the footage and delete the actual sound. It was also hard to find a filter to fit what we wanted. The viewfinder filter was not exactly what we were imagining. However, it was the closest filter to it.


Using the editing software for the auditions, has really refreshed my memory. I feel confident that when beginning to edit the actual music video, I will be able to use the more advanced options rather than just the basics. 


   

Auditions (17.10.16)

Today we completed the auditions for the male character of our music video. 

Unfortunately due to the absence of some of the actors planning to audition, we had less actors to choose from. The actors who auditioned were; Sam Krzystyniak, Zack Streatfield, Joe Pereira and Ollie Clark.

We got the actors to complete the chorus of the song. The main purpose of these auditions were to see who suited the voice of the artist. We also wanted to see who had the most confidence in front of the camera.

We came across a few difficulties at first. Obviously the main problem being the absence of two of the possible actors: Owen Kennett and Will Seager. We also had to change the location of where we were carrying out the auditions twice. First, we went to the drama studio however it was already occupied. So we decided to go and film them in the main hall. After completing most of the auditions, the surrounding noise suddenly became very loud. During Joe's audition towards the end the background noise of classes becomes very loud. Therefore we had to go to a part of the school that is much more out of the way. One other problem we faced was getting the actors whole audition done without them laughing or getting distracted. We had to repeat the auditions a few times, however eventually all the actors completed it just fine.

The good thing about these auditions is that it really showed us who would suit the role and who we think could hold the role of the artist with confidence. After watching all of the auditions a few times, as a group we felt that the best actor for the lead role would be Sam Krzystyniak. This is due to his confidence and we felt that the voice went best with him. Although he is in our group, we will ensure that during the scenes whereby Sam is not in them he works with the camera. 

Plan For Our Auditions

We plan to carry out auditions to cast two actors the part of our main characters.


Location: Drama Studio
Actors for Artist's role: Sam Krzystyniak,Owen Kennett, Will Seager, Ollie Clark, Zack Streatfield and Joe Pereria.
Actors for female role: Melissa Lovell, Sophie Stead, Esme Walrond-King, Lily Chapman, Freya Money.


We are going to get the male actors to lip sync the song into the camera and see who suits the voice of the artist. For the female actors we will get them to act out a scene whereby they are upset and crying. We will also take pictures of the boys and the girls and see who looks the best together.